[NFBSATX] FW: [NFBT] Fwd: iBUG Today Events for May
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Subject: [NFBT] Fwd: iBUG Today Events for May
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The upcoming free iBUG training and social events for May are listed below. Note: all times listed are Central Time (U.S.). The events may be navigated by headings with your screen reader. All events are available on the iBUG Zoom conference platform unless otherwise noted.
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Event: iBUG $500 Tech Shopping Spree
Date of Event: May 1 to May 24, 2024
Details: How would you like to go on a $500 shopping spree to get that new smart speaker, headphones, charger, keyboard, or other tech device? For a donation of only $10, you will be entered into iBUG Today’s drawing for a $500 Gift Card to your choice of the Apple, Google, or Amazon Store to use any way you like. Increase your chances by purchasing 6 tickets for $50!
iBUG will hold the drawing at our 13th Anniversary iBUG Apple Workshop on May 25, 2024, 2:00 to 4:00 PM Central Time. Winner need not be present.
Purchase tickets via the following methods. Be sure to include your phone number, email, and the words "iBUG Shopping Spree" in the notes section of your payment.
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2. Square Cash App on your smartphone ($iBUGToday)
3. Send check or money order to: iBUG Today, 4719 Caroline St, Houston, TX 77004.
Contact Name: Michael McCulloch
Contact Email: mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com>
Event: iBUG Trekkie Talk: Star Trek – Deep Space 9, S1E7, S1E8
Date of Event: Thursday, May 2, 2024
Time: 8:00 to 9:30 PM
Details: Join our discussion group to pre-watch and then meet to discuss the Star Trek episodes. The iBUG Trekkie Talk discussion group is facilitated by iBUG members Kenny Norton and Jody Ianuzzi. Everyone (including non-Trekkies) is welcome to participate. For more info about Trekkie Talk, please visit the iBUG Trekkie Talk website: <https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=1a9b6ac935&e=9fe0993fee> https://www.ibugtoday.com/trekkie-talk/
Contact Name: Sandhya Rao
Contact Email: sraotexas at gmail.com <mailto:sraotexas at gmail.com>
Event: iBUG Unplugged: It’s Mere Child’s Play
Date of Event: May 4, 2024
Time: 8:00 to 10:00 PM
Details: Come join us for this month’s episode of iBUG Unplugged as we look back on those days when playing was an official part of our childhood job description. Whether you’re 20 or 120, we want to hear about the board games, toys, video games, skates, bicycles, ball games, make-believe sessions and anything else that was an essential part of your playtime as a kid. This iBUG Unplugged conversation will be facilitated by Michael McCulloch.
Contact Name: Michael McCulloch
Contact Email: mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com>
Event: iBUG Mac Buzz
Date of Event: Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Time: 5:00 to 6:00 PM
Details: Mac Buzz is a free Q&A help session for anyone with MacOS and Mac hardware accessibility questions or issues. Mac Buzz is facilitated by advanced iBUG member, Herbie Allen. Note: iBUG Mac Buzz has moved from the Clubhouse app to the iBUG Zoom platform.
Contact Name: Herbie Allen
Contact Email: <mailto:herbie.allen at gmail.com> herbie.allen at gmail.com
Event: iBUG VILA Book Club
Date of Event: Thursday, May 9, 2024
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 PM
Details: Join us to discuss and critique this month’s featured reading:
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, DB110786
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. It's the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, he braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities. Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens' anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can't imagine leaving behind. 21 hours, 6 minutes
Facilitator: Sarah Potok
Contact Name: Michael McCulloch
Contact Email: mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com>
Event: iBUG Café
Date of Event: Saturday, May 11, 2024 (Note day change for this month only)
Time: 4:00 to 5:30 PM
Details: Join us for this free "deep dive" training session on editing text in various apps on the iPhone. The iBUG Café training session is facilitated by advanced iBUG member, Sree Roy.
Contact Name: Sree Roy
Contact Email: <mailto:sreebroy1 at outlook.com> sreebroy1 at outlook.com
Event: iBUG Mini-Buzz
Date of Event: Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Time: 5:00 to 6:00 PM
Details: This free Q&A help session is for anyone with iOS and iDevice (iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV) accessibility questions or issues. The iBUG Mini-Buzz is facilitated by Michael McCulloch and Sandhya Rao. Note: iBUG Mini-Buzz has moved from the Clubhouse app to the iBUG Zoom platform.
Contact Name: Sandhya Rao
Contact Email: <mailto:sraotexas at gmail.com> sraotexas at gmail.com
Event: iBUG Android Insight
Date of Event: Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Time: 7:00 to 8:30 PM
Details: Do you want to know about the accessibility features of Android devices? Do you want to know how Android devices are different from Apple devices? Do you want to become more proficient using an Android device? If you answered “yes” to any of the above questions, then come join us for our free iBUG Android Insight training session, facilitated by iBUG advanced members, Ava Carruth and Harshid Trivedi. Android Insight is open to anyone desiring to become more proficient with the accessibility features on various Android devices.
Contact Name: Ava Carruth
Contact Email: <mailto:avacarruth3 at outlook.com> avacarruth3 at outlook.com
Event: iBUG Trekkie Talk: Star Trek – Deep Space 9, S1E9, S1E10
Date of Event: Thursday, May 16, 2024
Time: 8:00 to 9:30 PM
Details: Join our discussion group to pre-watch and then meet to discuss the Star Trek episodes. The iBUG Trekkie Talk discussion group is facilitated by iBUG members Kenny Norton and Jody Ianuzzi. Everyone (including non-Trekkies) is welcome to participate. For more info about Trekkie Talk, please visit the iBUG Trekkie Talk website: <https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=05e741badb&e=9fe0993fee> https://www.ibugtoday.com/trekkie-talk/
Contact Name: Sandhya Rao
Contact Email: <mailto:sraotexas at gmail.com> sraotexas at gmail.com
Event: iBUG Mac Buzz
Date of Event: Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Time: 5:00 to 6:00 PM
Details: Mac Buzz is a free Q&A help session for anyone with MacOS and Mac hardware accessibility questions or issues. Mac Buzz is facilitated by advanced iBUG member, Herbie Allen. Note: iBUG Mac Buzz has moved from the Clubhouse app to the iBUG Zoom platform.
Contact Name: Herbie Allen
Contact Email: herbie.allen at gmail.com <mailto:herbie.allen at gmail.com>
Event: It’s iBUG’s Life
Date of Event: Thursday, May 23, 2024
Time: 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Details: It’s iBUG’s Life is a conversation on independent living and various life skills issues, adaptations, and tips for the blind. Please join us this month as we explore tips on performing in-person grocery shopping. It’s iBUG’s Life is facilitated by iBUG members, George Battiste.
Contact Name: Michael McCulloch
Contact Email: mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com>
Event: iBUG Apple Workshop and iDinner – Special 13th Anniversary Celebration
Date of Event: Saturday, May 25, 2024
Time: 2:00 to 4:00 PM
Details: This month’s iBUG Apple Workshop will celebrate iBUG Today’s 13th Anniversary. This will be a fun-filled event with entertainment, door prizes, games and more. And of course, we will find out who is the lucky winner of our $500 Tech Shopping Spree. The iBUG Apple Workshop is facilitated by Michael McCulloch and Sandhya Rao. In addition, for those in the Houston area, you are invited to join us at our monthly iDinner following the iBUG Apple Workshop, 5:30 to 7:30 PM, location Kim Son Downtown. RSVP required to Sandhya Rao, <mailto:sraotexas at gmail.com> sraotexas at gmail.com by Noon, May 24. Dinner is self-pay.
Contact Name: Michael McCulloch
Contact Email: <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com> mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com
Event: iBUG Mini-Buzz
Date of Event: Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Time: 5:00 to 6:00 PM
Details: This free Q&A help session is for anyone with iOS and iDevice (iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV) accessibility questions or issues. The iBUG Mini-Buzz is facilitated by Michael McCulloch and Sandhya Rao. Note: iBUG Mini-Buzz has moved from the Clubhouse app to the iBUG Zoom platform.
Contact Name: Sandhya Rao
Contact Email: <mailto:sraotexas at gmail.com> sraotexas at gmail.com
Event: iBUG Mac-N-Talk
Date of Event: Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Time: 7:00 to 8:30 PM
Details: Are you thinking about getting a Mac? Are you wondering if you will be able to learn the MacOS on your own? Do you have issues or questions about the accessibility features of your Mac? If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, you should join us for the free iBUG Mac-N-Talk training session facilitated by advanced iBUG member, Chanelle Allen.
Contact Name: Chanelle Allen
Contact Email: <mailto:chanellem.allen at gmail.com> chanellem.allen at gmail.com
Event: iBUG Buzz
Date of Event: Weekly – Mondays
Time: 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Details: This free weekly Q&A help session is for anyone with iOS and iDevice (iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV) accessibility questions or issues. The first 45 minutes are dedicated to the beginner or novice user.
Contact Name: Sandhya Rao
Contact Email: <mailto:sraotexas at gmail.com> sraotexas at gmail.com
Event: iBUG Buzz Radio Program
Date of Event: Weekly
Time: Wednesday, 1:30 PM, rebroadcast the following Tuesday, 5:30 PM and Wednesday, 5:30 AM, or On Demand
Details: A weekly half-hour condensed highlights version of the Monday night iBUG Buzz Q&A help session covering common accessibility questions and issues with iOS and iDevices (iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple TV). Also, apps useful to the blind and visually impaired are demonstrated. Listen via Sight into Sound Radio, using the special digital receivers from Sight into Sound, Sero app on your smart phone or via the internet by going to the Sight into Sound website at the following link and select the "Tune in Now" button at the times indicated above or on demand by selecting the “Podcast” button: <https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=1754b08e26&e=9fe0993fee> http://www.sightintosound.org
Contact Name: Michael McCulloch
Contact Email: mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com>
Event: iBUG Night at the Virtual Movies
Date of Event: Weekly – Fridays
Time: 7:15 PM pre-movie social time, movie starts at 8:00 PM
Details: To bring old friends together and to meet new ones, we have created iBUG Night at the Virtual Movies on Friday evenings. We meet prior to the film for a pre-movie social with song games, jokes and plenty of argle-bargle. The movies are the audio track (no video) with audio description. Discussion and movie trivia will follow immediately after the movie. Visit our website each week to check out the movie feature: <https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=75431f8fe9&e=9fe0993fee> https://ibugtoday.com/virtual-movies This presentation by iBUG Today is for the blind and visually impaired and is produced and distributed exclusively for use by blind, visually impaired, or physically disabled individuals under the authority of Section 121 of Title 17 of the United States Code, or with permission of the copyright owner(s).
Contact Name: Sandhya Rao
Contact Email: <mailto:sraotexas at gmail.com> sraotexas at gmail.com
Event: iBUG Buzz, iBUG Apple Workshop, iBUG Café, iBUG Mac-N-Talk and iBUG Android Insight Podcasts
Date of Event: On Demand
Details: To review a past iBUG training session, check out our podcasts of the various weekly and monthly sessions. Available on Apple, Spotify, Google and Alexa by asking your voice assistant to play the latest iBUG Buzz, iBUG Apple Workshop, iBUG Café, iBUG Mac-N-Talk or iBUG Android Insight Podcast. Also available on your favorite podcast app by subscribing to the appropriate iBUG podcast.
Contact Name: Michael McCulloch
Contact Email: mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com>
Event: iBUG Buzz, iBUG Apple Workshop, iBUG Café, iBUG Mac-N-Talk and iBUG Android Insight on YouTube
Date of Event: On Demand
Details: Did you miss the latest iBUG training session? Do you want to review a past training session? Are you looking for an alternative way to listen to the iBUG training sessions other than the iBUG Today website archives?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then you are in luck. iBUG Today’s training sessions are also available on YouTube. There are separate playlists on the iBUG Today YouTube channel for the iBUG Buzz, iBUG Apple Workshop, iBUG Café, iBUG Mac-N-Talk and iBUG Android Insight training sessions. You may use the following link to access the <https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=ae3eb36417&e=9fe0993fee> iBUG Today YouTube channel. Please select the subscribe button and then select the notification bell to receive notifications when the latest training session has been uploaded.
Contact Name: Michael McCulloch
Contact Email: mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com>
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